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- Sir Walter Raleigh and South America
- Short explanatory passages written for students about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, specifically as it pertains to the history of South America.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Work in Colonial America: Blacksmithing
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.16
- A reenactor demonstrates the work of a colonial blacksmith and explains his role in the community.
- Format: video
- North America: Reference map, 2007

- Format: image/map
- Map of North America, 1797

- Format: image/map
- Continental divides of North America

- Continental divides of North America include the so-called Great Divide, the Northern Divide, the Eastern Divide, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Divide. Continental divides separate land draining to different coastlines.
- Format: image/map
- Map of North America (black line master)

- Format: image/map
- Map of the New World, 1540

- This map of the Americas, the first to show them as two connected continents not connected to any other landmass, first appeared in Sebastian Münster's edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia in 1540. This version appeared in an Italian...
- Format: image/map
- The Cradle of Forestry in America - The Birthplace of Forest Conservation in America
- The rich history of the Biltmore Forest School combined with the diverse Pisgah National Forest offers students a unique educational experience at the Cradle of Forestry.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Toys and play in eighteenth-century America
- Reenactors demonstrate some common children's toys and games from colonial America.
- Format: video/video
- Colonial cooking and foodways
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.15
- A reenactor demonstrates cooking over an open fire.
- Format: video
- Colonial North America

- Format: image/map
- Ethnographic map of North America
- Henry Lange's 1854 map, Ethnographisches Karte von Nord Amerika. The map is shaded to show the locations of Indian groups in North America. A note in the upper right corner of the complete map explains: "This map shows the sites...
- Format: image/map
- Diary of a journey of Moravians
- First-hand account of the journey of twelve Moravian brothers from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Bethabara, North Carolina in 1753.
- Format: diary (multiple pages)
- Ethnographic map of North America - detail
- Detail of Henry Lange's 1854 map, Ethnographisches Karte von Nord Amerika. The map is shaded to show the locations of Indian groups in North America. A note in the upper right corner of the complete map explains: "This map shows...
- Format: image/map
- The Lost Colony
- In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3
- Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...
- By William M. Wisser.
- North Carolina secedes
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.7
- Ordinance of secession passed by a convention of delegates from North Carolina counties on May 20, 1861. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
- Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants
- Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Eastern Siouan culture area of North America

- Distribution of Siouan-speaking peoples in eastern North America (based on James Mooney's The Siouan Tribes of the East, 1894).
- Format: image/map
- Two worlds: Educator's guide
- Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Anticipation guide: The importance of one simple plant
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.9
- This activity is designed to be used with the article "The Importance of One Simple Plant." A series of true/false statements will enable students to compare what they previously knew about maize with what they've learned by reading the article.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
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